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hoax

[hohks] / hoʊks /


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In 1996, physicist Alan Sokal published a hoax article full of trendy academic nonsense in the journal Social Text.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Pratt returned to “The Alex Jones Show” in 2017, when the host was under fire for falsely portraying the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut as a hoax.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

But Walsh smuggles in an entirely different claim beneath these factual details: that Parks was effectively a political actress participating in a manufactured hoax.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Further sowing online confusion were claims that the entire Artemis II mission was a hoax powered by artificial intelligence tools.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

The Herald later admitted creating the hoax to bring attention to inadequate safety at the zoo.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow




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